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Kei trucks for the ranches and mine sites of the Powder River Basin
The Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana held 16,175,845 acres of ranch and farm land in the 2022 Census of Agriculture and carries 23 active surface mines on MSHA's list, 16 of them coal. Wyoming opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck falls in a low speed class. Montana titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.
The ground
The work, counted.
Each figure opens the dataset it was counted from.
The road, both lanes
What each state allows.
Wyoming opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck falls in a low speed class. Montana titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.
The counties
The counties of the Powder River Basin.
Big Horn, MTPowder River, MTRosebud, MTCampbell, WYConverse, WYJohnson, WYSheridan, WY
Questions
Asked about the Powder River Basin.
Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Powder River Basin?
Wyoming registers a mini truck as a multipurpose vehicle. A registered multipurpose vehicle may use any public street or highway except an interstate. Montana's Motor Vehicle Division titles and registers Japanese mini-trucks as unconventional light vehicles. Once the owner certifies its street equipment, a kei truck registers as a passenger car or truck with ordinary plates. Each state page gives the full rule.
Where does a kei truck fit in the Basin?
Ranch rounds across big country and site work at the surface mines where the operator allows it.
What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?
It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Wyoming it works ranches, farms and private land with no plate. Designated ORV trails with a permit. In Montana it works ranches, farms and private land without OHV registration. Public lands, trails and easements as a registered OHV. Each state page has the rest of the rule.
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